Babies Not Making Back-and-Forth Sounds by Six Months

“Hi everyone! I’m looking for advice or experiences from parents whose babies have gone through something similar. My son is almost 6 months old. Around 4 months, he started experimenting with his voice and making different sounds for about 2–3 days. However, since then, I’ve noticed that he has become much quieter in terms of cooing and babbling, and I rarely hear those sounds anymore. He is a very observant baby. He notices the tiniest sounds and objects around him, has great eye contact, smile”

“Hi everyone! I’m looking for some advice or experiences from parents whose babies went through something similar. My son is almost 6 months old. Around 4 months, he started experimenting with his voice and making different sounds for about 2–3 days. However, since then, I’ve noticed that he has become much quieter in terms of cooing and babbling, and I rarely hear those sounds anymore. He is a very observant baby. He notices the tiniest sounds and objects around him, has great eye contact, smile”

“Hi! My LO will be 10mo next week. It seems like she has a very inconsistent response to her name. If we are both in her play pen and she is busy playing and I say her name she almost always ignores me. However if she’s in her high chair without distraction and I say her name she looks immediately. Also, if she’s playing in her play pen and I come in quietly from another room and say her name she will always look then as well. Is this inconsistency abnormal? submitted by /u/pathoquest”

“My baby is 7 months old and while she is babbling ( traditional mama, baba, nana, etc. sort of stuff) she doesn’t babble with us. When we talk to her she sometimes acknowledges us with a little “ooh” but that’s about it. Sometimes we will also get an “ooh” back and forth in response to a “question”. She is also not the chattiest baby, but she is very focused on her motor milestones ( could crawl by the end of 5 months and is able to pull to stand and climb the stairs by 6 months). Looking for in”

“My baby just turned 6 months. I’ve been worried about her not babbling but I’m also realizing she doesn’t make any vowel sounds either. She is a very quiet baby and only blows raspberries, laughs, smiles, and squeals. Other than that, no real talking. She went through a phase for a few days of saying “mamamamq” when she was crying but it didn’t last long. She is hitting all other milestones. I’m growing concerned to to the point where it’s starting to stress me out because I see other babies her”

“Just saw in the CDC app that it says by 9 months of age and my daughter isn’t there yet. Shes about to be 9 months old in a week. She’s responding/turning her head to her name and making lots of other sounds (cooing, shrieking, laughing). Just curious when your babies started doing mamama or bababa submitted by /u/neejoub [link] [comments]”

“My baby is exactly 5 months old, and I’m wondering if his level of vocalizing is normal. At around 4.5 months, he made “aah” and “oooh” sounds for about 2–3 days, but since then he hasn’t made many sounds at all. He does squeal sometimes, especially in one particular room, but otherwise he is generally pretty quiet. He does have a lot of reassuring social behaviors: He reacts to even very subtle sounds and seems to hear well. He makes good eye contact. He gives Mom and Dad lots of social smiles.”

“My daughter will be 9 months old on October 2 (about 1.5 weeks away), and I’m starting to worry because she isn’t really babbling yet. She’s generally a very quiet baby. She mostly grunts and makes some other little noises, but we aren’t hearing the typical repetitive “bababa,” “mamama,” “dadada,” etc. Occasionally I’ll hear something like “gaga,” especially when she’s chewing on something, but she doesn’t consistently babble during play or interaction. Otherwise she seems to be doing really wel”

“My baby is about to be 6 months. She skipped cooing altogether and went straight to babbling around 3.5 months. She was babbling and pterodactyl screeching until 4.5 months. She suddenly just stopped and now she just laughs, smiles, and blows raspberries. I know they say babies pause on other skills while working on motor skills but in this time, she’s learned to roll both ways and sit independently. I figured she would go back to her babbling by now but she hasn’t and it been a full month and a”

“My son is about 4.5 months old and is pretty quiet for the most part. He will coo sometimes at toys and people. But most of the day, he’s quiet. He is hitting every other milestone- smiling nonstop, rolling both ways, tracking items, smiling, a couple of giggles, reach and grabbing things, etc. I keep reading that he should be making noises almost all day and be “chatty”. Am I being too paranoid? Our pediatrician says he isn’t worried about it at all, even though he made a comment like “oh I bet”

“My daughter will be 8 months old in a week, and she’s still not babbling literally at all. She blows raspberries and squeals constantly but has never made a “ma, ba, da” sound. I brought this up at her 6 month appointment and her pediatrician said not to worry until 9 months but it’s getting close to that and we’ve made no progress, has anyone else dealt with this? what things can i do to help her? submitted by /u/One-Plant-6274 [link] [comments]”

“My baby is 6 months old and she is incredibly vocal, but I don’t even know whether to call it crying, screaming, screeching, or shouting. She makes these VERY loud, high-pitched screams throughout the day. Sometimes she’s genuinely upset, but other times it seems like she’s frustrated, bored, wants me to do something, wants to change positions, etc. It feels like screaming is her default way of communicating anything. The other thing is that she basically does not stay quietly occupied for even”

“I’m pretty worried about my 11 week old son. He seems pretty quiet. I also felt like he was more responsive re cooing between 6-8 weeks. Has anyone else experienced this. I have to work hard at getting him to talk back to me and only sometimes makes noises to himself. Thank you for your time and responses. submitted by /u/Strong-Material-989 [link] [comments]”

“I’m 34 weeks today, and for most of this pregnancy our baby has treated every attempt to get a reaction like an annoying audience-participation exercise. Music does nothing. My husband talking directly to my stomach gets silence. A cold drink produced one lazy roll that may have been coincidence. Three weeks ago, he wanted to “practice reading aloud” but froze because he couldn’t think of anything to say. The nearest piece of text was the instruction booklet for our air purifier, so he began rea”

“Mums, when did your babies start doing repetitive babbling like “mamama,” “bababa” or “dadada”? My little girl is 7 months and hasn’t really started doing those sounds yet. She still makes different noises and squeals, just not much repetitive babbling yet. Just curious when this started for everyone else and what’s considered a normal timeframe. 😊 submitted by /u/OppositeTry402 [link] [comments]”

“FTM..My son is 8 months old, and I’m starting to get a little worried about his babbling. He is very vocalhe screams/squeals/grunts and growls a lot and constantly makes sounds like “ahhh” but he isn’t really making consonant sounds yet like “ba-ba,” “ma-ma,” “da-da,” “ga-ga,” etc. He makes plenty of noise and definitely experiments with his voice, but I keep seeing other babies his age doing repetitive consonant babbling and it has me wondering if he’s behind. Did anyone else have an 8-month-ol”

“Has anyone here had a late babbler? Was there anything you did that helped your baby babble and how are they now? Our baby turns ten months in a week and isn’t babbling yet. Our pediatrician wasn’t concerned but we are worried. submitted by /u/cavaaller6 [link] [comments]”

“M y baby is 8 months old and I’m wondering about his babbling. About 3 weeks ago, he suddenly started saying “dadada” quite clearly and did it for a day. Since then, I haven’t really heard him do “dadada” again. He does make other sounds, though. Lately he’s been blowing raspberries A LOT, making “arrrrr/rrrrr” sounds, squealing, and playing around with different noises. Today he also said “ba”. He’s otherwise very social and interactive he smiles, laughs, reaches to be picked up, gives high fiv”

“My baby is 8 months old and I’m wondering about his babbling. About 3 weeks ago, he suddenly started saying “dadada” quite clearly and did it for a day. Since then, I haven’t really heard him do “dadada” again. He does make other sounds, though. Lately he’s been blowing raspberries A LOT, making “arrrrr/rrrrr” sounds, squealing, and playing around with different noises. Today he also said “ba”. He’s otherwise very social and interactive he smiles, laughs, reaches to be picked up, gives high five”

“My baby is 8 months old and I’m wondering about his babbling. About 3 weeks ago, he suddenly started saying “dadada” quite clearly and did it for a day. Since then, I haven’t really heard him do “dadada” again. He does make other sounds, though. Lately he’s been blowing raspberries A LOT, making “arrrrr/rrrrr” sounds, squealing, and playing around with different noises. Today he also said “ba”. He’s otherwise very social and interactive he smiles, laughs, reaches to be picked up, gives high five”

“My daughter is false starts queen. 6 months and still on.. submitted by /u/Pleasant_Rise8777 [link] [comments]”

“This might be a silly question, but how do you talk to your baby? Do you just talk to your baby in your head, or do you actually speak out loud? submitted by /u/Personal-Today4096 [link] [comments]”

“My 6 month old doesn’t babble, mimic, or blow raspberries. I mentioned this at her 6 month pediatric appointment and her ped just said that because she’s hitting all other milestones and being ahead in some of them that he’s not concerned and that babies develop at their own pace sometimes. I currently have an early intervention appointment to get her evaluated. Did I over reach by referring her to early intervention? She DOES smile, laugh, and make eye contact. submitted by /u/Pure_”

“My newly turned 6 month old can’t sit unassisted yet but he’s trying to pull up on things and stand 🥲 submitted by /u/featheredhalo2132 [link] [comments]”

“Has anyone experienced something similar? I have a 16 month old that in terms of milestones is developing very well. She has 10 words/sounds and one gesture. However, four months sometimes she makes sounds in her throat without opening her mouth. I just wondered if anyone else also experience that with their toddlers? Like, when she does a co co co sound for a hen (that’s the sound we say a hand makes in Polish), she will do it in her throat. submitted by /u/Special_Luck_7536 [link]”

“My 5 month old is in a phase of just grunting around the clock. No tummy problems, no gas, not a teething issue (tried solutions for teething and grunting continued). I love my girl so much, she is my entire heart and soul, but this grunting is getting so frustrating. It never stops and she loves doing it like she’s smiling and everything while grunting but it’s all I hear for hours at a time. Safe to say, I’m overstimulated. How do you deal w “annoying habits” without getting frustrated with a”

“I kept waiting for my baby to get to the 12-week mark as I heard it gets so much better and the baby is nice to be around. We had a couple of sunshiny weeks where he was smiling, making the sweetest coos and being much more interactive. But for a few days now, he’s become much fussier about everything. He discovered new tones and new reasons to cry about. He cries at the breast, he cries when being put to sleep, he cries even from things he used to enjoy, like being carried around. It’s not all”

“My 6 month old really only uses vowel sounds such as oooo and eee. Not a ton of other sounds. He went through a 2 week intense raspberry blowing phase around 5 months but stopped that since. He’s alittle more on the quiet side too. He’s generally a fairly happy baby and always excited to see me when I walk into room or get him up from naps. He smiles and laughs. Anyone have a baby like this and sounds came much later? I have some PPA and developmental milestones have been kind of the death of me”

“my 12 month old boy isnt really talking or saying any words yet. he’s able to babble dada and mama, yaya,baba,nnn. but doesn’t use any of them to specify either of us or really anything. They more so come out randomly. his receptive language is great, if I ask him to get a specific toy he’s able to do that and to get his bottle if I ask he’s able to do that as well. but still no expressive language. I know that each child is so different and goes at their own pace but was wondering if anybody ha”

“For anyone whose kids started talking late (24months and onwards) what signs did you notice just before they started talking? Were they babbling more and making more vocalisation or trying to look at your mouth making the sounds. My toddler is 24 months and has started paying more attention to my mouth when I speak and being more vocal. I’m hoping this is a step towards n the right direction towards him speaking! submitted by /u/Able-Picture4106 [link] [comments]”

“My baby is 6 months old and while she is ahead on her motor milestones (can crawl, roll both ways and get in and out of supported sitting) her vocal milestones seem a bit behind. She is babbling a bit, however she doesn’t have “back and forth” sounds with us. She also is good at tracking, reaching for toys, smiling and laughing. Her eye contact could probably be better but not terrible. submitted by /u/l_london [link] [comments]”

“What the tittle says… Whats up with that? Hahahah My husband will sometimes just look at the baby and she laughs loudly. Even if I make the same faces or noises he does she doesnt laugh, just smiles. submitted by /u/GullibleWarthog7081 [link] [comments]”

“The short of it is that my now 6 month old (2nd baby) has had pretty unrelenting colic since she was born with no end in sight. The long version is that she screams and screams and screams. She also gurgles a lot. She's on famotidine 2x a day for possible reflux. At one point I cut out dairy/soy for 8 weeks and you guessed it, nothing. Pediatrician, ER, pediatric GI... no answers from anyone... Except for "by 6 months she should grow out of it". She can mostly sit up on her own and”

“The short of it is that my now 6 month old (2nd baby) has had pretty unrelenting colic since she was born with no end in sight. The long version is that she screams and screams and screams. She also gurgles a lot. She's on famotidine 2x a day for possible reflux. At one point I cut out dairy/soy for 8 weeks and you guessed it, nothing. Pediatrician, ER, pediatric GI... no answers from anyone... Except for "by 6 months she should grow out of it". She can mostly sit up on her own and”

“Hey fellow dads. I have two kids 6 and 18 months. My 18 month old doesn’t have any words yet. She can do some animal sounds and sometimes she’ll make something close to a word which we always reinforce with love and attention. Our doctor recommended a specialist to see if they can help jumpstart some words. What are yalls experiences with speech development and or speech delays. I may just be an anxious dad but figured I’d check with other dads. submitted by /u/DebuKage [link]”

“Hi everyone, LO is 10m and he is screeching SO MUCH When we’re playing with toys together, he’s totally fine and happy. But the moment something goes slightly wrong, or he is boring the screaming starts: Lying on his back for bottle/diaper/change clothes? IMPOSSIBLE. As soon as he sees his dad, he screams until dad picks him up. But if dad puts him down or hands him back to me? Immediate screeching again. It’s not even regular crying half the time it’s just this intense screech. I know he might”

“Quiet in terms of not speaking much (aaa, eeee, bababba, mama), not like crying. submitted by /u/Longass_Pandatail [link] [comments]”

“My 5 month old likes to bite, screech, hiss, and yap about the most random things. Sometimes i just say "oh word?" or "yea" and she looks at me as if she knows that i can't understand her. She also gets excited when she sees her mom pull down her shirt to feed her, or me bringing her a bottle. She knows how to hold her bottle btw (we own a bottle with the handles on it). Sometimes she would just randomly crawl all over the beds (we have a giant one in the living room for”

“My son just turned six months old yesterday and is very vocal in general, it seems like he’s gotten a lot more chatty even in the past two weeks or so just constantly making noise. He was quieter before this but was mostly on target with when he started to coo, etc. Just wasn’t super chatty all of the time. but he has yet to make sounds like ba,ma,ga, etc that the Internet says they’re supposed to have around six months? I’m not sure if this is a skill he’s supposed to learn this month or if he”

“My boy is about to turn one. He has baba, dada, and gaga. We have all been working on the m sound with him to no avail. How long did it take? submitted by /u/epruitt0601 [link] [comments]”

“First time mom here, I’m wondering what songs, rhymes, lullabies you sing or recite to your babies? I think my baby is getting bored of the few songs I sing to him so I’d love some interactive and fun ideas! submitted by /u/Bree1224 [link] [comments]”

“My daughter is 6 months and 10 days old (27 weeks) and she is very… chill. She doesn’t cry often, but whines when she’s tired or hungry or annoyed. She grunts A LOT and occasionally babbles (ah’s, oh’s, etc) but again, not so often. She blows raspberries and she wiggles around and rolls over, plays with toys, makes eye contact and smiles. Everything but laughs. We’ve gotten rare giggles here and there but nothing like… a belly laugh. I mentioned this to the pediatrician and they say it’s fine bu”

“LO is 6 months. “The Wheels on the Bus” just saved us from a major meltdown during a diaper change. What are your LO’s favourite nursery rhymes? Looking for new songs and rhymes to bring on the giggles… and tell me about the moves that go with them if there are any! Our current favourites: - Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross - The Wheels on the Bus - Old MacDonald Had a Farm - The Grand Old Duke of York - Swimming, Swimming in a Swimming Pool submitted by /u/Kindly_Chest_6976 [link]”

“Looking for everyone’s stories of the toughest week or weeks of your baby’s first 3 months! Curious as everyone talks about how tough weeks 6-8 are. My LO is 7 weeks tomorrow, and this past week has been the easiest by far for us. Weeks 4 and 5 were exceptionally tough, between the scream crying until she turned purple and the short sleep stints. I was terrified as we approached week 6 because everything I’ve read told me that’s when the crying gets “REALLY bad”, and I truly couldn’t imagine it”

“I’d love to hear from parents who have been through speech delays with their little ones! My son is currently 21m and in early intervention for speech. If your child had a speech delay, what ended up being the cause (if there was one)? Was it simply a developmental delay that improved with time or speech therapy, or was it eventually linked to something like hearing loss, or another developmental or learning difference? I’d also love to know around what age your child’s language really started t”

“My daughter is 10 months old and hasn’t really said anything that resembles a word yet. She says dadada and other baby sounds but nothing in context. Wondering if this is normal and ok? She’s hit every other milestone perfectly or early so I think I’m just eager to hear her speak lol submitted by /u/slizzywizzyfizzy [link] [comments]”

“Hi everyone, anxious first time mom here. I’m looking for some reassurance/stories from parents who had babies with a similar language trajectory. My baby is almost 9 months old. She had a bit of a complicated start with. NICU stay, so I tend to watch milestones closely. For language, here’s her progression: Around 5 months: mostly vowel sounds — “ahhh,” “ooo,” “mmm” 8mo: she started making a few random “ba” sounds, very infrequent Now she frequently says “ah-ha-ha-ha” (not laughing — it sounds”

“My son is 10 months old, Im concerned with milestones and just wondering if anyone else has had an experience like this. He can sit unassisted but doesnt like sitting and will just put himself onto his belly, he rolls everywhere and ive never seen a baby rolling around ao fast haha. Hes currently trying to crawl but weve been trying now for over a month, he doesnt pull to stand and wont hold my hands when I stand him, he babbles da da, ba ba, ga ga, wa wa and ya ya. He doesnt wave, clap hands or”

“My baby is almost 13 months old. She understands most of the things we say to her. She follows instructions. Can wave, clap and many other things. She just does have any words yet expect mama. When do babies actually start saying words submitted by /u/Suspicious_Field7023 [link] [comments]”

“Our 4 months old laughed once, 3 or 4 weeks ago, full belly laugh, the cutest sound in the world. Since then we’ve tried to make her laugh again but all our clowning, dancing around, making big movements and sounds hasn’t helped. Did you experience the same? Any tips on baby humour? I’d say her sleep regression started around the same time but I hope we’re getting a little better on sleep (and for the first time having super long naps, 2-4 hours once a day from 20 min!!) so maybe she’s been just”

“He screamed all night on night 2 in the hospital and only stopped when me or my husband would hold him and walk him around the halls of the hospital. Last night, same thing happened only walking didn’t work either. I got him to sleep on my chest for maybe a half hour, and he’d settle in his bassinet for 15-25 minutes at a time. It seemed to be gas and an upset tummy. I felt horrible and have never heard him cry so loud. He sleeps so peacefully during the day. I just need to know that it gets bet”

“I'll go first. Every time someone says "yay" my son will start smiling at clapping, and it's just the cutest thing in the world to me. submitted by /u/Sea_Panic9863 [link] [comments]”

“Hi! My baby is 6 months and 1 week old. I’m not worried at this stage, just more curious than anything. She doesn’t really babble yet. She yells, squeals, screams, and makes lots of different noises, but there’s no “bababa” or “dadada” type babbling in sight. I honestly can’t wait for that stage because it’s so cute! I’m just wondering, when did your baby start babbling? Did it seem to happen overnight, or were there signs beforehand? And at what point would you start to be concerned if it still”

“My newly 6 month old is meeting all of her phyiscal milestones but she is so so quiet. She doesn’t babble at all has literally never made a vowel sound, she learned how to blow raspberries about a month ago and she was obsessed with it for like three days then she completely stopped. She has just started squealing, but only really during tummy time and rarely during the day, she yells if she’s tired, but if she’s content and just happy she’s quiet. I’m pretty concerned about her lack of noises a”

“It's so wild seeing him be able to do new things all the time now, he started crawling a few weeks ago. Yesterday I was holding him and started doing exaggerated laughs while throwing my head back, and he started laughing too. He belly laughs every time I do it, such a cool feeling sitting on the couch and laughing with my son. submitted by /u/MrDankyStanky [link] [comments]”

“Anyone else frustrated seeing all these Facebook groups for your one year old and other moms being all “my 11 month old only says 13 words. What services do we need!!!” Like, That’s not a required milestone. I’m glad your kid is ahead of the curve, but do we really need to gloat and make other parents feel like crap? submitted by /u/pinkflakes12 [link] [comments]”

“My baby chuckled for the first time last week. I was so excited to hear it more but she won’t do it again no matter how hard I try. This also happened when she smiled. She smiled once at like 6 weeks old and then not again until 8 weeks. Makes me think maybe I’m crazy and it didn’t actually happen??? submitted by /u/snuffbox360 [link] [comments]”

“My daughter is almost eight months old and for weeks she's been going "Dada. Dadada". Just talking to herself and babbling. But sometimes she'll see me and go "Dadada" and smile. She's also starting to do the same thing with "mamamama" They're not really words, just sounds, but she is saying "dada" and "mama" lol submitted by /u/riccarjo [link] [comments]”

“My baby turned 5 months today, and over the last few days he’s started doing this weird thing when he’s falling asleep. He lets out these long, low moans that honestly sound like he’s in pain. 😭 It doesn’t matter if he has his pacifier or not he’ll just lay there moaning for a minute or two, then drift off to sleep like nothing happened. He seems totally fine otherwise. He’s happy when he’s awake, eating normally, no fever, no excessive fussiness… literally nothing else that makes me think some”